Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit says he is thankful that Prasoon Joshi has been chosen to replace Pahlaj Nihalani as the head of the CBFC. He also adds, "I'm sure the freedom of expression of a filmmaker will now be protected with Joshi coming in as a chairman."

Madhur Bhandarkar's Indu Sarkar is facing flak from Congress workers and has been engulfed in controversy ever since it was announced. Bhandarkar recently took to Twitter to reveal that he had to cancel his press conference in Nagpur, which was scheduled for Sunday and asked whether he can have his freedom of expression back from Rahul Gandhi.